2005 Speedway Grand Prix

The format was changed for GP 2005 with 16 riders (instead of 24) taking part in each Grand Prix event, and over the course of 20 heats each rider started in 5 heats and raced against every other rider once (which is the classical round-robin formula of the individual tournament). The top eight scorers advanced to two semi-final heats, and the first and second riders from each semi-final advanced to the GP final heat. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carried forward the points earned in the round-robin round over the course of the season. The riders in the final received points (for the whole tournament, irrespective of how many points they had earned) as follows:

• 1st place = 25 points
• 2nd place = 20 points
• 3rd place = 18 points
• 4th place = 16 points

This formula was very similar to that in effect during the 1995-1997 GP editions, the difference being such that then all the 16 riders after the 20 heat round-robin round started in one additional heat (those from places 13–16 after round-robin in 21st, 9–12 in 22nd, 5–8 in 23rd, 1–4 in 24th being the Great Final), and all 16 received a constant number of points for a given place in a tournament (irrespective of how many points they had earned).

{{main|2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification}}

For the 2005 season, there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. They were, in rider number order:

• (1) Jason Crump {{flagicon|AUS}}
• (2) Tony Rickardsson {{flagicon|SWE}}
• (3) Greg Hancock {{flagicon|USA}}
• (4) Leigh Adams {{flagicon|AUS}}
• (5) Nicki Pedersen {{flagicon|DEN}}
• (6) Tomasz Gollob {{flagicon|POL}}
• (7) Andreas Jonsson {{flagicon|SWE}}
• (8) Jarosław Hampel {{flagicon|POL}}
• (9) Hans Andersen {{flagicon|DEN}}
• (10) Bjarne Pedersen {{flagicon|DEN}}
• (11) Lee Richardson {{flagicon|GBR}}
• (12) Scott Nicholls {{flagicon|GBR}}
• (13) Ryan Sullivan {{flagicon|AUS}}
• (14) Antonio Lindback {{flagicon|SWE}}
• (15) Tomasz Chrzanowski {{flagicon|POL}}

{{SGP Calendar|rounds=

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|EUR|1|30 April|Olympic Stadium|Wrocław|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |AUS |Leigh Adams |AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|SWE|2|11 May|Smedstadion|Eskilstuna|AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Tony Rickardsson |DEN |Bjarne Pedersen |DEN |Nicki Pedersen }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|SVN|3|28 May|Matija Gubec Stadium|Krško|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |DEN |Nicki Pedersen |SVN |Matej Žagar |AUS |Jason Crump }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|GBR|4|11 June|Millennium Stadium|Cardiff|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |POL |Jarosław Hampel |DEN |Bjarne Pedersen |DEN |Hans N. Andersen }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|DEN|5|25 June|Parken Stadium|Copenhagen|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |USA |Greg Hancock |SWE |Antonio Lindbäck |DEN |Nicki Pedersen }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|CZE|6|29 July|Markéta Stadium|Prague|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |DEN |Bjarne Pedersen |POL |Jarosław Hampel |AUS |Jason Crump }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|SCA|7|13 August|G&B Stadium|Målilla |AUS |Jason Crump |SWE |Andreas Jonsson |SWE |Tony Rickardsson |AUS |Leigh Adams }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|POL|8|27 August|Polonia Stadium|Bydgoszcz|POL |Tomasz Gollob |GBR |Lee Richardson |AUS |Jason Crump |USA |Greg Hancock }}

{{SGP Calendar/r|2005|ITA|9|9 September|Santa Marina Stadium|Lonigo|SWE |Tony Rickardsson |AUS |Jason Crump |USA |Greg Hancock |AUS |Leigh Adams }}

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Result:

[https://archive.today/20050711010929/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1230 Europe] • [https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1285 Sweden] • [https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1384 Slovenia] • [https://archive.today/20070927214201/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1453 Great Britain] • [https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1539 Copenhagen] • [https://archive.today/20050711012049/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1577 Denmark] • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213837/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1788 Scandinavia] • [https://archive.today/20070927213830/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1852 Poland] • [https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgpresult/m1938 Italy]

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P1|SWE|2| Tony Rickardsson

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P2|AUS|1| Jason Crump

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|P3|AUS|4| Leigh Adams

|b|20|e|13|e|8|f|7|f|7|f|8|d|16|e|11|d|16}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|4|DEN|5| Nicki Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|5|USA|3| Greg Hancock

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|6|DEN|10| Bjarne Pedersen

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|7|POL|6| Tomasz Gollob

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{{SGP Table/r|Q|8|SWE|7| Andreas Jonsson

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{{SGP Table/r|P|9|GBR|12| Scott Nicholls

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{{SGP Table/r|P|10|SWE|14| Antonio Lindbäck

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{{SGP Table/r|P|11|POL|8| Jarosław Hampel

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{{SGP Table/r|P|12|DEN|9| Hans N. Andersen

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{{SGP Table/r|P|13|GBR|11| Lee Richardson

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{{SGP Table/r|P|14|AUS|13| Ryan Sullivan

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{{SGP Table/r|P|15|POL|15| Tomasz Chrzanowski

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{{SGP Table/r|W|16|SVN|16| Matej Žagar

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{{SGP Table/r|W|17|DEN|19| Kenneth Bjerre

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{{SGP Table/r|W|18|POL|16| Piotr Protasiewicz

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{{SGP Table/r|W|19|DEN|16| Niels Kristian Iversen

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{{SGP Table/r|W|20|NOR|16| Rune Holta

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{{SGP Table/r|W|21|SWE|21| Stefan Andersson

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{{SGP Table/r|W|22|POL|16) (17| Krzysztof Kasprzak

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{{SGP Table/r|W|23|GBR|16| David Norris

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{{SGP Table/r|W|24|SWE|16| Jonas Davidsson

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{{SGP Table/r|W|25|RUS|23| Roman Povazhny

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{{SGP Table/r|W|26|CZE|16| Aleš Dryml, Jr.

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{{SGP Table/r|W|27|GBR|18| Edward Kennett

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{{SGP Table/r|W|28|SWE|17| Mikael Max

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{{SGP Table/r|W|29|GBR|17| Simon Stead

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{{SGP Table/r|W|30|SWE|18| Peter Nahlin

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{{SGP Table/r|W|31|ITA|18| Daniele Tessari

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{{SGP Table/rider|W| |POL|17| Janusz Kołodziej | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN|17| Izak Šantej | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |DEN|17| Charlie Gjedde | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |CZE|17| Bohumil Brhel | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |SWE|17| Peter Ljung | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |ITA|17| Simone Terenzani | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |POL|18| Adrian Miedziński | ns

|ns| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -}}

{{SGP Table/rider|R| |SVN|18| Denis Štojs | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |DEN|18| Mads Korneliussen | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |CZE|18| Lukáš Dryml | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |SWE|18| Fredrik Lindgren | ns

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{{SGP Table/rider|R| |POL|18| Karol Ząbik | ns

| -| -| -| -| -| -| -|ns| -}}

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{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060721204643/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a5939 List of results from Official Speedway GP site]

{{Speedway Grand Prix seasons}}

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